{"id":53791,"date":"2016-05-12T09:46:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=53791"},"modified":"2016-05-12T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:46:46","slug":"londons-muslim-mayor-reaffirms-plan-israel-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/londons-muslim-mayor-reaffirms-plan-israel-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"London\u2019s Muslim mayor reaffirms plan for Israel trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the JTA:<\/p>\n<p>Sadiq Khan, who was sworn in as London\u2019s first Muslim mayor last week, reiterated plans\u00a0to lead a trade delegation to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/jewishnews.timesofisrael.com\/sadiq-khan-some-jews-and-muslims-dont-want-me-to-be-mayor-but-ill-build-bridges\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview with<\/a> London\u2019s The Jewish News published Monday, Khan, the first Muslim mayor of any Western capital city and London\u2019s first Labour Party mayor in eight\u00a0years, also said he believes it is important to improve Jewish-Muslim relations in the UK capital.<\/p>\n<p>During his campaign, Khan criticized Labour for not doing enough to confront anti-Semitism among some of its members.\u00a0Accusations of anti-Semitism have roiled his party in recent months, with dozens of members\u00a0suspended in the past few weeks allegedly for making anti-Semitic remarks. London\u2019s former Labour mayor, Ken Livingstone, was suspended for anti-Semitic remarks in late April following a series of interviews in which he claimed that Adolf Hitler had supported Zionism.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2016\/05\/09\/news-opinion\/world\/londons-muslim-mayor-reaffirms-plan-for-israel-trip\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the JTA: Sadiq Khan, who was sworn in as London\u2019s first Muslim mayor last week, reiterated plans\u00a0to lead a trade delegation to Israel. 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